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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2003
Applicants:
G. Lyle Habermehl, Gallatin, TN (US);
Troy D. Hale, Hendersonville, TN (US);
William S. Kepley, Portland, TN (US);
Inventors:
G. Lyle Habermehl, Gallatin, TN (US);
Troy D. Hale, Hendersonville, TN (US);
William S. Kepley, Portland, TN (US);
Assignee:
Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc., Dublin, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 85/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A curved screwstrip comprising in combination a plastic holding strap and a plurality of threaded fasteners. The plastic holding strap has a greater mass in its top half than in its bottom half so that shrinking after extrusion will tend to have the holding strap adopt a preferred curved configuration.